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Sunday, 28 November 2010

This is one to scare the neighbours, the children, the wife/girlfriend, or anyone coum to think of it. Possibly the Punkiest group that emerged from 1977 without actually being labelled punk Throbbing Gristle were Industrial Music For Industrial people. The parallels between themselves and the Sex Pistols were similar, from the name which is Yorkshire slang for an erect penis, to the outrage they provoked a couple of months before the Pistols Grundy incident, when after their debut performance at the ICA at an exhibition called Prostitution. Questions asked in Parliament with one Tory MP declaring “These people are the wreckers of civilisation.” Throbbing Gristle were not yer average Rock’n’Roll band. They explored the dark side of the human psyche, masochistic sex, serial murderers and fascism, to the extreme. Musically they were ’anti music’ there were no songs, melody or groove, this was white noise at it’s darkest; Music From The Death Factory. I got this CD (a re-release of their 1977 debut) from a mate of mine (Mark Astronaut) for a few quid a few years ago, he’d bought it from Welwyn Garden City Library of all places when they were selling some of their CD’s. The thought that Throbbing Gristle could have been next to Take That in the Popular section makes me chuckle. Anyway if you wanna ‘enjoy’ some sonic mayhem here you go.

Posted in memory of former Throbbing Gristle member Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson, who died last week.

Thursday, 25 November 2010

So students take to the streets of London again and cause some more chaos at another demo against the cuts. This time they are joined by ‘school children’ Where were the parents? They should have been there with them, it’s not just about the cuts! We need to be doing whatever we can to fight the cu*ts!! I wanna see the police on the same side as the students, united alongside the tube workers and whoever else has had enough of it all. Spread the word, Smash it up! By whatever means necessary! Our leaders need to know that their big society isn’t happy.To be honest I don’t really give a shit if fees rise for ‘middle class’ kids. I’m fed up of hearing about people who think they’re ’poor’ because the earn less than £25,000 a year, Fuck me! I earn half that, I’ve never earned anything like that amount during my ’working life’, so I don’t care that people earning over £44,000 pounds don’t get child benefit, these people have had it too good for too long, these are the people that got richer under New Labour, while the poor got poorer, and now they’re reaping what they’ve sown and they don’t like it, and neither do their kids, I blame the parents, after saying that, at least their doing something about it. STAY ANGRY AND CARRY ON!

Sunday, 21 November 2010

This great 14 track compilation came free with the first issue of music mag Vive Le Rock, and a right little stonker it is to! Starts on a bit of a low point with Adam Ant’s Vive Le Rock, but there are some standout tracks from Electric River and Marky Ramones Blitzkrieg. New tunes from Spear Of Destiny and Killing Joke show there’s still life in the old dogs, I dunno about Vice Squad though the words: past, sell, by and date spring to mind, unlike former Meteors front man P.Paul Fenech who still sounds as psychotic as he did 20+ years ago but relevant to the now. The Urban Voodoo Machine are what the tin says they are, and jolly good fun it is. Department S who I never much cared for turn in a top tune, and Andy J Gallagher could be one to watch. The Creepshow, Volbeat and The Zero Point tracks do nothing for me except making me reach for the fast forward button where GoldBlade round off the proceedings in righteous fashion. Anyway don’t take my words for it check 'em all out here. As for the mag….Well, the first issue was a jolly good read features/articles/interviews on/with The Ramones, Manic Street Preachers, The Ruts, Motorhead, Killing Joke, Crass, The Pogues, The Sweet plus loads of other stuff, the whole thing is like a cross between Mojo and Kerrang, cover price of £4.99 seems a bit steep, but all in all I reckon it’s quite good value, especially with the freebie CD.

Just when it couldn’t get any worse ….We’re gonna be subjected to a bullshit Royal Wedding that’s gonna be used as some propaganda about national pride, just when Britain’s status on the world stage is being questioned.But they’re good for the economy people cry, Great!!!!! Britain used to produce things, it had industries; steel, coal, car, now what, a family of parasites? That have the tourists flocking to the country with their bulging wallets ready to spend spend spend in our rip off economyChing, ching, ching…….I can hear the sound of the tills, the cheap made in China tat, souvenir shit! All presented on a celebratory porcelain platter. Everyone’s a winner while our government continues to pay lip service to China’s human rights record, except the losers that buy it. Talking of human rights it’s good to see Burma have released pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, now that would be a coalition: The Military autocracy and the pro-democracy movement.Just how much is this gonna cost the tax payer? The happy couple have said they’re gonna be aware of the economic times when planning the big day, they’re using a second hand ring. I read figures (if they’re to be believed) that security was gonna be £20million, well lets get our moneys worth and take to the streets not in celebration, but in protest against it all, fuck fighting the cuts, lets just fight the c**ts!I heard someone on the radio saying that it’s just what the country needs to boost it’s morale. Well my moral was boosted the other week when the students smashed their way into Tory HQ and started kicking off. I’m just waiting for the biggest moral boost of them all….when Thatcher dies! We used to have an economy before greedy and selfish politicians and people of all parties and political persuasion fucked it up in the 1970’s and 1980’s. The politicians, The Unions, The Bosses and The People are all guilty, future generations are left with the shit that the past created.Tory Party advisor and one of Thatcher’s old guard Lord Young made some rather insensitive comments recently about people never having it so good and that this recession isn’t that bad. On one level he’s totally wrong; people are losing their jobs, food and clothing prices are rising. On another level (and I’m sure this wasn’t what he meant) he’s right; people never have had it so good, with their flash cars, TV’s HiFi’s etc with instant credit even those on low incomes have been able to buy into lifestyles above their means. Being rich aint about piles of money and consumer commodities what about self fulfilment instead of self indulgence? Once yer basic needs are met; food, clothing and shelter, the rest is just surplus, but it’s the surplus that makes the profits for the corporations, it’s the surplus that keeps people chained and shackled. We’ve been brainwashed over the centuries to want and demand more. The irony is that if people had led simpler lives in the past and the present then perhaps things wouldn’t have seemed so bad, but they didn’t and don’t, so things have and do. People should have been more austere in the past and not so ostentatious.Progress means we can’t go back, but just how much further can we go? How much faster must our broadband connection be before Richard’dicky’Branson finally realises that he’s got enough fuckin’ money.I don’t give a shit if the future Royal came from humble stock, because social mobility aint about what you know, it’s about who you know, it’s another illusion to give those at the bottom of the pile hope that they may reach the top of the pile.

Wednesday, 3 November 2010

From Canterbury in Kent the garden of England here’s a blast of some Ballsy, Brassy and Bolshy Punk’n’Roll from ELECTRIC RIVER A band with a message, and some passion and power you don’t hear much of these days, well I don’t. Reminds me of Rancid, The Clash, The BlaggersITA, but with a flavour and soul of it’s own. I’m hoping to hear a lot more from these guys, but in the mean time here's4 Tracks I pilfered from their Myspace page. Enjoy! Or Destroy! If you enjoy, then why not check out their web page. If you Destroy….still enjoy!

Monday, 1 November 2010

I was listening to the Radio this morning, and the presenter was saying that today was ‘officially’ the most depressing day of the year, what with the clocks going back and the days becoming shorter, they were also saying about Christmas and the economic downturn adding to the pressure….Personally I’ve had more depressing days than today, and I reckon by Christmas so will a lot more people….unofficially that is! I mean this shit is just getting worse….Footballers sip champagne while the fans make do with cheap lager, the unemployed are stigmatized as scroungers, while tax dodging celebrities are seen as role models by people. If they ever make the unemployed work for their ‘benefits’ then the undeserving celebrities should be made to contribute towards say The Arts, Sport etc, these areas are gonna see major government cut backs, so why not let those that profited (Footballers, Pop Stars etc)put something back into ‘the system’ seems fair, after all it’s the people that made them who they are. It was good to see that unhappy fans gathered outside Wayne Rooney’s mansion when his temper tantrum over how much he was worth kicked off. It’s also nice to see people demonstrating against Vodaphone and their creative methods of paying taxes. It was good to hear that people gathered together in a disused building to dance the night away and then throw bottles at the police who tried to stop people entering the ‘illegal rave’ seeds are starting to grow, even Al Qaeda have appeared again with some bombs on planes, did they ever go away, do they really exist apart from in the minds of the US and British intelligence? Coincidence or conspiracy? that a few days before the bombs were discovered on the cargo planes British Airport authorities were calling for security at airports to be relaxed. If there is a war on terror, then as in all wars the first casualty is the truth; their propaganda kills it, I mean if people hadn’t been blinded by all the fear that’s been created would they be taking off their shoes as they check in their luggage through the new hi-tech scanner, that has made the manufacturer a nice sum of money, would they accept that the police should be carrying guns and have a battery of anti-terror laws at their disposal, and as for some police units getting trained by the SAS….no one seems to think this isn’t what should be happening in a ’healthy democracy’ The fact that people seem to accept this shit on a day to day basis is depressing!

KEEPING THE BLOG FIRES BURNING!

SEALED WITH A KISS!

BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE

SOLIDARITY!

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BANG, BANG ! The writings on the wall....

....but the Great Wall of China aint gonna be long enough to line all the Mutha Fuckers up against!

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I DON'T GIVE A SHIT WHAT YOU HAD FOR YOUR BREAKFAST OR DINNER!

The Instagram Stazi informants share every aspect of their lives with fellow twittering facebook 'friends' millions starve while millions show each other what they had to eat.

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“Many palaces have tumbled, many walls have been knocked down, and many more will fall, many more will lose the ground. They’ll pretend to understand and they’ll make a few amends but we’ve seen it all before and we’re not taking it again....RISE UP!"

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....on Easy Action Records, Johnny Thunders sublime 1983 acoustic album Hurt Me. Includes a free bonus disc of the albums showcase gig in London (Click on image for more details.)

CHECK THIS SHIT OUT! Before The Blog there was The Band THE DRUG PROWLING WOLVES

“Trust, faith, good, bad...non of it matters. All you ever do is what you have to do. Follow your desires, fulfil your needs, escape from pain. That's all there is to it.” - Kevin Brooks.

"Things you use; things you possess, and are possessed by; things you build with - bricks, words. You build houses with them, and towns, and causeways. But the buildings fall, the causeways cannot go all the way. There is an abyss, a gap, a last step to be taken." - Ursula Le Guin.

FUK U PUTIN!

POWER TO THE PUSSY!

FUCK THEIR OLYMPIC DIAMOND JUBILEE FLAG FEST!

If it is what it is, then why is it what it is?
The truth is….it’s all lies!

Searching for beauty amongst all the ugliness, where all you find is a barbed wire caress.

Forget about what you haven't done, and think about what you have done! Forget about what could have been, and think about what could be!Forget about what you can't do and think about what you can do!
Don't forget....WE HAVE THE POWER....Think about it!!!!

CONSUMERS OF THE WORLD UNITE....THEY HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BUT THEIR CHANGE!

WHILE SOME ARE LIVING THE DREAM, OTHERS ARE DYING IN THE NIGHTMARE!

Available @ ITunes.

“At the edge of a revolution / That’s exactly where we stand / And though we could seize the moment / We aspire to wear the brand / And we take our place in a profane state / With the common herd the beautiful and damned / I’ve had enough of this grey sky thinking / I’m coming in to land.” - TV SMITH

RAISED IN A PRISON

Click the above image to find out more about this gross miscarriage of Great British Justice. IT'S CRIMINAL! Gary was now been released from prison (March 2012) Justice will only be served when he has cleared his name!

DON'T JUST THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX / SMASH THE FUCKIN' BOX!
"Look at the outside. There's a new direction we've got to find." - Chelsea

If you hear anyone talking about getting a 3-D T.V tell ‘em to Fuck Off! and get a life instead. If flat screens, HD and plasma weren’t enough. As for those giant ipad things, for fucks sake…..WE DON’T NEED THIS SHIT!

Stay Free / Stay Strong / Keep On Keeping On!

All things connected / All things rejected / Looked to the left / Looked to the right / In the middle of the road / Waiting for the riot //

Whoever is in power; they need opposing. Only when there is no power for them to be in can the opposition cease!

Without hope and faith we are nothing!

"You drag yourself to work. Drug yourself to sleep. You're dead from the neck up, by the middle of the week." - Joe Scratch (Mercenary Clash)

PO-ATE-TREE KORNER.

Just like ducks being fed / All we get is stale bread.Just like cattle at the water / Fattened up and sent for slaughter.Just like the beasts at Noahs Zoo / We're kept in line two by two.Just like the clouds on a windy day / It's easy to get blown away.But just like a bird in a clear blue sky / I spread my wings and start to fly.

HIGH STREETI took a walk and what did I seeMiles and miles of misery.Down in the town they offer heavenFor all your pounds.Get back home open up the bagThen get the feeling you’ve been had.Just more shit you didn’t needConsumption feeds their fix for greed.

A Thought.........

For fucks sake....

10 Years on and we've been more than cheated, but I don't see Rock'n'Roll taking on the Government now!

If this story was true.....

...then I'd weigh a fucking ton!

In the beginning is the scream. We scream.

"When we write or when we read, it is easy to forget that the beginning is not the word, but the scream. Faced with the mutilation of human lives by capitalism, a scream of sadness, a scream of horror, a scream of anger, a scream of refusal: NO." - John Holloway

The Wall

"There was a wall. It did not look important. It was built of uncut rocks roughly mortared; an adult could look right over it, and even a child could climb it. Where it crossed the roadway, instead of having a gate it degenerated into mere geometry, a line, an idea of boundary. But the idea was real.........Like all walls it was ambiguous, two-faced. What was inside it and what was outside it depended upon which side of it you were on." -Ursula Le Guin (In The Dispossessed)

‘Excuse me,’ they cry, ‘you can’t fight it; twice two is four! Nature doesn’t ask you about it; she’s not concerned with your wishes or with whether you like her laws or not. You must take her as she is, and consequently all her results as well. I mean to say, a wall is a wall, etc. But good God! What have the laws of nature and arithmetic to do with me, when for some reason I don’t like those laws or twice two? Naturally I shan’t break through the wall with my head, if I’m really not strong enough, but I wont be reconciled to it simply because it’s a stone wall and I haven’t enough strength to break it down. - Fyodor Dostoyevsky (In Notes From Underground)

BRUTHA BLOGGERS WITH THEIR FINGERS ON THE BUTTON.

OLD SKOOL CUT 'N' PASTE

The Archmullah Of Canterbury

THE TWO HEADED BEAST

We're living in its legacy!

"I will shatter the power of the mighty, of the law and of property."

How did Gordon Brown run the country?

Just Like that!

THE DEVILS RIGHT HAND

Check out the state of Thatchers hand. This was the hand that signed the Poll Tax Bill and signed away workers rights and soldiers lives amongst other things. Now it is turning into a cloven hoof. (check out the picture with her next to Brown over on the main part of the blog, cos for some reason this picture has distorted and made her look even more like a monster than she was, if that's possible.)

'I can't believe this pain and misery are all in aid of a new society.' - Null&Void

ER!

That wasn't supposed to look like that. Ah! Fuck it never mind, call it art.

BROTHERS IN ARMS

Revolution is alive'n'kicking in 2007 Britain, courtesy of 'crackpot Cornish extremists' AKA The Cornish National Liberation Army who are taking their fight to the owners of second homes who come from out of the county. Dunno 'bout that gun though, only damage it looks like it could do is to themselves.

'I myself believe, perhaps on insufficient grounds, that the common man will win his fight sooner or later, but I want it to be sooner and not later - some time within the next hundred years, say and not some time within the nest ten thousand years.' - George Orwell (Homage to Catalonia,1938)

The powers that have for centuries been engaged in enslaving the masses have made a thorough study of their psychology. They know that the people at large are like children whose despair, sorrow and tears can be turned into joy with a little toy. And the more gorgeously the toy is dressed, the louder the colors, the more it will appeal to the million-headed child. - Emma Goldman (Anarchism and Other Essays)

'It was not desirable that the proles should have strong political feelings. All that was required of them was a primitive patriotism which could be appealed to whenever it was necessary to make them accept longer working-hours or shorter rations. And even when they became discontented, as they sometimes did, their discontent led nowhere, because without general ideas, they could only focus it on petty specific grievances.' - George Orwell (1984)

'Like Anthony, she wished at times that she had not been presented with this sudden freedom of choice. It had felt safer, when they had been blinkered by sickening anxiety, walking the narrow path, unable to risk a glance to right or left. Now, they stood in a flat and featureless plain, older, wiser but somehow diminished.' - Margaret Drabble (Ice Age)

'The formula works. He stumbled on the first and last truth about the leisure society, and perhaps all societies. Crime and creativity go together, and always have done. The greater the sense of crime, the greater civic awareness and richer the civilisation. Nothing else binds a community together. It's a strange paradox.' - J.G Ballard (in Cocaine Nights)

The proletarian dictatorship...has today grown into a frightful despotism and a new imperialism, which lags behind the tyranny of Fascist states in nothing. - Rudolf Rocker(1973)

'Brothers and SistersI wanna see a sea of hands out there.Let me see a sea of hands.I want everybody to kick up some noise.I wanna hear some revolution out there, brothersI wanna hear a little revolution.Brothers and sisters, the time has comeFor each and every one of you to decideWhether you are gonna be the problem,Or whether you are gonna be the solution.You must choose, brothers, you must choose.It takes 5 seconds, 5 seconds of decision.Five seconds to realize that it's time to move.It's time to get down with it.Brothers, it's time to testify and I want to know,Are you ready to testify?Are you ready?I GIVE YOU A TESTIMONIAL, THE MC5 !!!!'

THOSE WHO CAME B4

What would Hardie and Pankhurst make of New Labour and The Spice Girls? Is this what they fought for?

WHY IS BRITAIN SUCH A HATED NATION?

THIS MAN IS A THIEF!

For the last 10 years he has been stealing our money with his red briefcase. Only in a STALINIST TOTALITARIAN DEMOCRACY could a man like this become Prime Minister.

Who the fuck are........

Watch this space and find out. You'll be sorry.

If yer into The Mob and Zounds this is a must have. Available from: diamondDCactus.com

'Welcome to the desert of the real'

29/7/29 - 6/3/07

MPFree!

Available from: http://www.carbonsiliconinc.com/music/mp3.aspx

ANOK

'Anarchism in all its guises is an assertion of human dignity and responsibility. It is not a programme for political change but an act of social self-determination.' - Colin Ward

'A line of poetry is a chance to get rid of all the filth that clings to this accursed language, as if put there by stockbrokers' hands, hands worn smooth by coin' - Hugo Ball (1916)

BUllSHit

'Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison' - Henry David Thoreau

THATCHAAAARGH !

'No amount of education will make women first-rate politicians. Can you see a women becoming a prime minister? I cannot imagine a greater calamity for these islands than to be put under the guidance of a woman in 10 Downing Street.' - Margot Asquith

4 REAL !

'People should realise what the level of violence is like in most peoples lives. It's sad that working class resentment is always turned on itself. Nobody seems to realise that'

'So damn easy to cave in, man kills everything'

THERE ARE NO ANSWERS, JUST MORE QUESTIONS.

THERE'S A METHOD IN MY MADNESS

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'Look away....it's nothing to do with us'

A celebration of eveyday life, the excitement of the mundane. No reality TV cameras here, this is 4 real. What you see is what you get. THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT.